| Ross R. Barnett AKA Ross Robert Barnett Born: 22-Jan-1898
Birthplace: Standing Pine, MS
Died: 6-Nov-1987
Location of death: Jackson, MS [1]
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Barnett Cemetery, Standing Pine, MS
Gender: Male
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of Mississippi, 1960-64 Military service: US Army (WWI)
[1] Doctor's Hospital, Jackson, MS.
Wife: Mary Pearl Crawford (schoolteacher, m. 1929, two daughters, one son)
Daughter: Ouida Barnett Atkins (b. 4-Sep-1933)
Son: Ross Barnett, Jr.
University: BA, Mississippi College (1922)
Law School: University of Mississippi (1926)
Governor of Mississippi (1960-64)
Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
Mississippi Bar Association President (1943-44)
Contempt of Court (5th US Court of Appeals, charge dropped 1965)
White Supremacists
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